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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Do other jurisdictions in the European Union, for example, have a registry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Is there a mean age at which the onset of dementia could manifest itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: How common would that be for those aged under 65?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: It is less than 7%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I am throwing a lot of questions at Dr. O'Philbin. Is genetic or hereditary dementia common?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: With late onset dementia, where a person develops dementia at a very late stage in their life, possibly in their late 70s or 80s, what is the diagnosis in relation to that? My mother was diagnosed with late onset dementia. I was slightly fearful about what was going to happen. I know each person is different. It did not develop into something that we all thought it was going to be, and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Treatment has been evolving in recent decades. What is at the cutting edge of non-invasive treatment or drugs? Is there any bespoke treatment that Dr. O'Philbin would suggest for dementia care?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: What is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank Dr. O'Philbin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses for this informative session. I have two questions, one for Ms Duffy and one for Dr. O'Philbin. Ms Duffy briefly alluded to assisted decision-making. What effect has the new Act had on those who are living with dementia and their capacity to make decisions for themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: What would that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: Dr. O'Philbin mentioned reminiscence therapy earlier. I am fascinated by this. I was looking it up to see what it actually is. I remember when I worked in Cherry Orchard a long time ago - and it was an education - it was only beginning to happen about 20 years ago that music, old photographs and things like that were being introduced. I thought it was really good because the residents at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: This is a very important session for the committee and we all have an interest in this subject. I do not think that there are many people who have not been affected by dementia in the form of a family member suffering from it, and I include myself in that. The figures are quite stark. In the next 20 years, the number of people living with dementia will have more than doubled. Obviously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: How beneficial would a register be for the roll-out of services, for carers and those living with dementia?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 501. To ask the Minister for Health how much the HSE and Department of Health spent on personal protection equipment from China; to provide details of what stock was usable and what was not usable/not suitable; what monies have been recouped for unusable/unsuitable stock and what monies remain to be recouped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Feb 2024)

Gino Kenny: 502. To ask the Minister for Health if all workers entitled to the pandemic bonus payment have been paid the bonus; if any workers have not yet been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5122/24]

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: I thank colleagues for their contributions. This discussion has been a little more progressive than the debate in the House 11 years ago on a similar proposal. I completely disagree with some of the views expressed. An argument that has always really annoyed me is that cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs. That is absolute rubbish. When people talk about harder drugs, they are referring...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputies Murphy and Boyd Barrett. I thank the Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers, OPLA, for its assistance with this Bill. Even though it is a very short Bill, the office did a lot of work to determine its permissibility and found it legally permissible under many stipulations of law, including European law....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to address the need for another secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin and to examine the population growth in Newcastle and predicated population growth to ensure second level education is provided to all in this community. [4409/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Gino Kenny: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2801/24]